why won’t there be a nuclear explosion if a nuclear weapon is shot down?

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why won’t there be a nuclear explosion if a nuclear weapon is shot down?

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Nuclear explosions are really hard to cause. That’s why it took a bunch of scientists working together for years to make a nuclear bomb, and several more years for them to refine this bomb into anything near its full potential.

It requires that everything be in the exact right place at the right time. Getting hit by a large bullet or missile would disrupt that coordination.